Luvepoker
Lost in the twilight zone
Community Guide
Bluffing is an art form to be honest. Many people believe bluffing is a major part of the game, but it is not. It is about telling a story that makes sense in an effort to get a player to fold. If you're trying to see a story that is not logical to how the hand and bound ran out your bluffs are doomed to lose.
Gallarado777
Legend
I bluff when I see that my opponent does not give up 2 streets and I see his range of arms and see that he is already afraid of the hand that comes to the river and I bet a big bet on this hand, showing that it's my hand or I got this hand and strengthened me and bet him to believe but he was also afraid that this hand was the main thing
exer888
Rock Star
To bluff you have to play the hand in the right way. Its good to have some read on players, tight players are best target for that play. Its good to have some blockers to nuts in your range to make play even stronger....
Aballinamion
Legend
Bluffing relies on opponent profile and how much hands we have played against it. The second factor is our range and the board. We like to bluff in situations where we still have some equity, to preflop from turn. And on the river in situations we missed our draws.
When we open 7s6sfrom CO we are bluffing, because we can get called from tons of winning hands. Following this example, we get called from the BB and the flop comes Ad2dQc, BB checks to us, are we bluffing?
2) flop comes: As2sQc, are we bluffing? Or 3) Ad5hJs, are we bluffing? For 2 and 3, yes, we are bluffing DEPENDING on our opponent profile: versus weak tight passives, i.e, high percentage of fold to c-bet flop, we are betting versus fit & fold players, ABC players, etc.
I’m using the following strategy to pick up sizing for bluffs OTF: as higher the equity less my sizing, 1/5, 1/4 pot and lesser the equity bigger the sizing, 2/3, 1/2, even a bit more.
As others have said: avoid bluffing too much against donkeys and fishes (micro stakes) for they wouldn’t fold quite often.
However, some players just want to see flops and there’s a low percentage of folding to bluff. Try not to be fancy, bluff 90% on the flop and 60% of times on the turn. And try not to bluff using overbets, choose small sizing for when they have to fold, they will fold to any given sizing.
German629
Legend
Hello, louuu19! I think, there is no definite answer to this question... Because bluffing in Poker is most of difficult Skill, by my opinion, after Patience...
zer0c00l23
Rock Star
I can give you an example: You have T8o in MP1 and you do a 3BB rise, everyone retires, the SB calls, BB folds... The flop is Q-Q-4, the SB checks... you who have nothing are going to bluff and raise 5BB and if the SB pays or raises your bet 2 things happen, or you are waiting for a card for a project, or the project already has it and is deceiving you... but all this will influence the size of your stack, his, the effective value, the EvROM.. Bluffing is an art that doesn't work for everyone because they don't really know how to do it. A beginner pays dearly for that bluff, more than tracing software already knows how you play if you're at a regular table, in an MTT it's more complicated. I recommend that you read some topics related to bluffing and you will see that as several colleagues say: I hardly ever do it, especially in MTT or SnG.
Igor G
Visionary
I bluff only when I understand well who my opponent is. It is very important to consider the position. I bluff very rarely and almost always successfully. The main thing is to understand well how your opponent plays. You need to watch the game and take notes.